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FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY
卷 29, 期 3, 页码 513-520出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2010.05.004
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PACAP; Innate immunity; IgM; Leucocytes; Juvenile fish
To date, published in-vivo studies on the action of the PACAP in fish are few and these are concerned with reproduction, brain development and feeding behavior Recently, we demonstrated for the first time that PACAP, apart from its neuroendocrine role, influences immune functions in fish larvae In this work, we have evaluated the effects of recombinant Clarias gariepinus PACAP administration by intraperitoneal injection on important immune parameters in juvenile fish We observed that a single injection of the recombinant peptide (0 1 mu g per g of body weight) was able to increase the nitric oxide synthase-derived metabolites (NOS) and total immunoglobulin M (IgM) concentration in serum of juvenile catfish C gariepinus and tilapia Orechromis niloticus respectively, after 24 h of its administration. In addition, our results showed that recombinant PACAP increases IgM, NOS and lysozyme in serum correlated with its ability to enhance growth performance in juvenile fish. Finally, the PACAP mRNA expression and PACAP immunoreactivity detected in peripheral blood leucocytes from juvenile catfish suggest a direct autocrine or/and paracrine mechanism of regulation of this peptide to mediate immune functions in fish (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved
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